China will soon spend more on business travel than the United States, according to a report released Monday.

The Asian giant will overtake the United States in business travel spending in 2014, a year earlier than forecast, because U.S. spending is slowing and China’s continues robust, said the Global Business Travel Association.

China, Brazil, Russia and India all saw business travel grow by more than 15 percent last year, faster than rates in the United States and western Europe.

This year, worldwide spending on business travel should rise 4.6 percent to $1.07 trillion. Next year, it should advance another 8.1 percent, the group found.

Business travel spending fell 7.5 percent in 2009 during the global recession, but has since rebounded.